Ant wrote:
Hello!

I am thinking of replacing my current motherboard, CPU, RAM, etc. to an
Intel i7 950 CPU, GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R motherboard, and new RAM. I am
still going to use my old, updated Windows XP Pro. SP3 (don't need
64-bit and newer Windows at this time since my old softwares still
work). Is this going to be OK?

My current computer specifications (primary computer) details can be
found at http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/computers.txt ...

Thank you in advance.

YES!
Excellent system. I made a similar system a few months ago.
X58-ud3r, 6g ram, core i7 930, two 500g black caviar drives
in Raid 1 mode, nvidia GTX470 vid.
The base cpu speed is 2.93 but it is quite happy running
at 3.67. The mb says it does not support 1600 ram
but it runs great with 1600 c7 ram. Ram tends to get
flakey at 1950 mhz. System unstable past 4ghz on stock cpu fan.
You have probably read about the squeaking cpu.
Mine did it once briefly but it was due to extreme overclocking.
BTW, the system doubles as an excellent space heater.
Overall, it is the best system that I have ever made.
Oh, the mb has PS2 ports, IDE ports, and one PCI,
which the comparable ASUS did not have. Granted, those things
slow a machine down... but... Oh, no parallel port.
I had to get a PCI parallel card for my printer/fax/copier.
A usb to parallel will not work for 2 way com.